Posts tagged IpodBattery

Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology. A few weeks ago, Switched On noted the challenges that even wildly popular, highly penetrated devices such as MP3 players and portable GPS devices have faced in the era of the converged device. Some of these devices,...

Here you go, another way to stretch the untethered playback of your iPod. Meet the Elecom AVD-DCAA2 series of external battery packs which will keep any iPod sportin' the universal dock pumping the tunes for up to 2 hours (as tested with 1G nano) off 2x AA batteries. Remove the batteries and the wh...

Sure,
you can repair your iPod's battery when
you need to, but wouldn't you rather just avoid the issue in the first place? Chris Breen thinks so, and he's offering
several tips for keeping your battery
healthy and strong for as long as possible. A few of his suggestions I already do, like fli...